The prompt here is: Identify the issues raised by the growth of Manchester and analyze the various reactions to those issues over the course of the 19th Century.…
Come up with 3 categories that help answer the question above and can include all of the documents. A document can be placed in more than one category.…
This paperwork of BUS 303 Week 2 Discussion Question 1 HR Planning Process shows the solutions to the following problems:…
Supporters of the industrialization of Manchester were typically British politicians or businessmen, impressed by the progress and production of Manchester. One of these was Englishman W.H. Thomson, writer of History of Manchester to 1852. Thomson provides a map that shows the growth of Manchester over a period of one hundred years in which in transformed from a small town into a robust industrial city with railroads and canals. This map shows how industrialization leads to rapid population growth and expansion, making Thomson an obvious supporter of industrialization. Another supporter of industrialization was Englishman Thomas B. Macaulay, a liberal member of parliament and a historian. In his essay, “Southey’s Colloquies,” Macaulay praises industrialization and Manchester for producing wealth for the nation, which in turn would improve the quality of life for the middle class and peasantry. A final supporter of industrialization was Wheeler and Co., which praises the industrious spirit of Manchester in the preface to an 1852 business directory, shortly after Manchester was granted a royal charter as a city. The authors owe the fruits of the city’s labor to its “energetic exertions and enterprising spirit,” which is an unrealistic description of the motivations of the working class, and the preface was likely propaganda, being in association with the Crown. The…
The choice to begin with the procession offers a juxtaposition of ideals, one where the people are standing on common ground and then as the book continues on we are taken on a journey that shows the divide between the people, particularly within their classes. Within the pages, information is drawn about different labor unions and the people who influenced them and this is where its success draws from. Green sets the stage for the bombing at the Haymarket which does not take place until more than halfway through the book. He offers a look into what could have caused such violence. Beginning with the eight-hour workday movement which inspired many to fight harder for their right to work, but also receive an education with the time they had hoped to free up. They were met with opposition at almost every turn, from politicians with empty promises to employers with no problem in lowering wages or laying off workers with better conditions in mind.…
In the documentary “At the River I Stand”, it tells the narrative of the sanitation workers strike in the year of 1968. In February 1968, the awful working conditions for African Americans came to attention with the death of two sanitation workers. With no insurance, the workers families were left with nothing but desperate times. After this incident, 1300 sanitation workers walked off the job in a strike that lasted for about 65 days. During the strike, it received…
Then, following the example of the students in Beijing, we formed an 'Organization of Red Guards'. Everybody wanted to join the Red Guards because nobody wanted to be 'unqualified', 'backward' and 'non-revolutionary'. I was one of the first to join because, being from a poor peasant's family, my background was supposed to be 'clear'. We all enjoyed having no classes and degrading the teachers. 'The teacher takes the student as the enemy and uses examinations as weapons to attack the student' - the fact that it was Chairman Mao who had said this meant a great deal.…
During the nineteenth century, Manchester became one of the most industrialized cities in the world. Although the industrialization of Manchester was very efficient and successful for the modernization of man, the city’s growth also raised many issues in society. The growth of the city had negative and positive effects. Although the huge population growth in Manchester in the 1800s, delighted many people, for they though this had led to advances in manufacturing and other industries-the increase caused a multiple of other issues. Some of the issues included, problems with sanitation, home and family life, and industrialization. But fortunately, there were many reformers working to bring about change and bring justice where needed.…
The revolution has also led to the complete deterioration of our surrounding environment. With the introduction of thousands upon thousands of factories, along with the different means of transportation that we not obtain, we are all now the direct victims of pollution. Streets that used to be beautifully paved, covered only by the morning’s sunlight, are now coated in filth and debris. Manchester has been one of the most affected towns, with it now resembling a trash can instead of a city that inhabits 70,00 people, a lot whom are factory/coal miners. While outside a local pub, in which the “front of the doors, filth and garbage abounded” (Document 6), I overheard another conversation of a couple of older mine workers, all appearing to be…
In the Progressive Era of American History, a lot changed. There were efforts to alleviate urban blight, corruption and economic issues. There were many approaches to this task, none of which were entirely successful. Overall they did alleviate many problems, but they didn’t effectively stop many of the more critical ones such as hunger, and the terrible conditions in tenements. The progressives did help the current situation to a point, but there was still a lot of work to be done.…
It was inevitable and unavoidable that violence and dispossession were outcomes of the centuries-long confirmation of Native Americans with European settlers and their American descendants. European settlers were relentless whenever they were introduced to things that were appealing to their eye. If they wanted it, then they would go get it due to the superior mindset of the Europeans.…
Population increase helped allow economic prosperity but other factors later mitigated that theory. A shown in Document 1, the increase in population was enormous in all the countries of Europe. This rise in population led to the rise in competition, which is always good for the economy. Due to the agriculture system less jobs are needed and villages start to become tourist sites for those interested in leading a rural lifestyle. In addition, the increase in population certainly implies a better standard of living but factors such as lack of regulation say otherwise. In Document 5, the factory system is introduced and Elizabeth Bentley, a doffer, is testifying to long hours and poor working conditions. Parliament is in a way testifying under oath by asking questions. They notice that the lack of regulation is harmful to people. Population increase meant a better standard of living but lack of regulation soon depleted that standard.…
In the years following the Second Great Awakening of the United States, numerous reform factions began to spring up around the country, fueled by recent evangelical ideals. Seeking to improve and expand democratic ideals, many of these factions undertook drastic measures to achieve what they believed to be a proper aspiration. Nevertheless, it would be farfetched to claim that such reform movements within the US resulted in any positive outcomes, and it would be much more logical to claim that many of the so-called reformers were in fact trying to further their own ambitions. By keeping penitentiary, church, and alcohol reforms as a pretense for egotistical purposes, they were able to attract an elite following of people that that acted with…
For example, a French socialist, Flora Tristan recognizes the fatal conditions and constructs a poor view on the Industrial Revolution and it's effects. She expresses her opinion about the life quality in Manchester, “they are wizened, sickly and emancipated, their bodies thin and frail, their limbs feeble, their complexions pale, their eyes dead” (Doc 7). Not only was the population dying at frightening rates, but the citizens disapproved the machines and factories replacing them in the work force. Also, Frances Anne Kemble crudely speaks about the protests against machinery and the government's inadequacy to sustain a healthy, happy community(Doc 4). As described by Tocqueville, Manchester’s populace lost it's optimism and had degraded back into the savage (Doc 5). Consequently, society’s way of thinking devolved from enthusiastic and passionate to despair and misery. Noticed by Edwin Chadwick, as well, was, “an adult population short-lived, reckless, and intemperate, and with habits of sensual gratification” (Doc 6). He observed the hopelessness of each worker transporting from one tortuous burden to the next. Ultimately, some occupants perceived a negative view of the Industrial Revolution due to the treacherous conditions and demoralized…
Reform movements are a key characteristic in the antebellum period. Many groups sought to reform and uplift society in many ways, with many ideals in mind. Most of the antebellum reform movements reflected primarily democratic ideals. This was true through the many democratic based reforms between 1825 and 1850. One powerful and widespread movement in early America is the fight for women's rights. This view of the women's role was very similar to that of black slaves. Taken more serious was that of religion, which sprouted into utopia societies. Another illustration displayed the affects of alcohol, which caused man's drunkenness, and its affect on others. Three major reform movements that broadened our democratic ideals were better known as the women's suffrage movement, demon rum, and the religion revitalization. These movements brought with them some extraordinary people with some rather revolutionary ideas.…